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Show Oil From Fruit Seeds Extraction of oil from fruit kernels ker-nels has been started on a large scale io Rumania, according to Chemical Age, London. Three thousand thou-sand wagons of oil are to be produced pro-duced from 20,000 tons of grap seed, 1,000 wagons of pumpkin seeds will yield 270 wagons of oil, and a further 100 wagons of oil will be extracted ex-tracted from melon pips. Tomato seeds, containing 20 to 30 per cent of oil, will contribute their quota. Many tons of plum kernels have been used annufily. |